Christian Bale admits he had no idea what the MCU was before signing on to play the villain in 'Thor: Love and Thunder'
- Christian Bale said he didn't know what the MCU was before starring in "Thor: Love and Thunder."
- "People would go, 'Oh, look at this! He's entered the MCU!' And I'd go, 'I've done what?'" Bale said.
Christian Bale may have played Batman but don't expect him to be up on his comic-book movie knowledge.
The Oscar winner admitted to Total Film recently that he had no idea what the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) was before signing on to play the villain, Gorr the God Butcher, in the anticipated "Thor: Love and Thunder."
"People would go, 'Oh, look at this! He's entered the MCU!' And I'd go, 'I've done what? I haven't entered shit, thank you very much,'" Bale said.
"I'm like, 'The MCU?' I had to ask what that was," he continued.
Bale added that he had no hesitation at all to take on another comic-book role after solidifying himself as one of the best big-screen Batman portrayers ever with Christopher Nolan's "Dark Knight" trilogy.
In "Love and Thunder," Bale's Gorr character is out to destroy all gods, including the god of thunder, Thor (played once more by Chris Hemsworth).
But things got strange when he Googled who Gorr was in the comics.
"I did make the mistake of Googling him and, oh no! [In the comics] he runs around in a G-string all the time," Bale said. "And I thought, 'They don't have the right man for that!' And then Taika quickly dispelled any notions of running around in that. But I always did think what he could do with this in front of a blue screen – he could chuck on whatever he wants later on."
Thankfully for Bale, Waititi didn't do anything to Bale's performance in post-production that would disappoint him.
In fact, Waititi has described Gorr as the "most sympathetic" villain ever in the MCU.
If Bale knew the history of the MCU, he would hopefully be flattered by that comment.
"Thor: Love and Thunder" opens in theaters on July 8.